(SportsNetwork.com) - The streaking Columbus Blue Jackets will face a tough
test on Sunday when they welcome the Anaheim Ducks for a showdown at
Nationwide Arena.

Columbus has won three straight on the heels of an 0-4-0 slide to bring their
record this season to 5-5-0. The Blue Jackets have outscored the opposition by
a combined 12-4 score during its longest winning streak of the young season,
beating Vancouver, New Jersey and Toronto along the way.

The Blue Jackets also are 3-0-0 on a four-game homestand that ends tonight.
Columbus is 3-2-0 as the host this season and has won two of its last three
home tilts against the Ducks. Columbus also has won two straight and three of
the past five overall meetings against Anaheim.

Columbus was in action on Friday when it downed the Toronto Maple Leafs by a
5-2 score. Marian Gaborik netted the go-ahead score during a four-goal third
period for the Blue Jackets. Brandon Dubinsky, Ryan Johansen and Nick Foligno
also hit the back of the net in the crucial frame for the Blue Jackets.

"We're back to .500 and now we have to start climbing the standings. This is
big for us," said Dubinsky.

Ryan Murray added his first career goal and Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 23 shots
for the victory, as Columbus beat Toronto on home ice for the first time in
more than 10 years. The last time the Blue Jackets beat the Leafs on home ice
before Friday was on March 20, 2003.

After closing their homestand on Sunday, the Blue Jackets will visit
Pittsburgh on Friday.

Anaheim is 8-3-0 on the season and snapped a two-game slide with Friday's 2-1
victory at Ottawa. Frederik Andersen stopped 26-of-27 shots in his first
career start and Ryan Getzlaf notched a goal and an assist to help the Ducks
edge the Senators at Canadian Tire Centre.

The 24-year-old Andersen, who agreed to a two-year contract extension with the
Ducks prior to the game, appeared in just one other game this season when he
came on in relief of starter Jonas Hiller and turned away all 24 shots he
faced in an eventual 6-3 win over Dallas on Oct. 20.

Patrick Maroon potted Anaheim's other goal and Cory Perry finished with a pair
of helpers for the Ducks, who had dropped the first two games on their
current eight-game road trip.

"This was the effort that I'm accustomed to seeing, when everyone is doing the
right things," Anaheim head coach Bruce Boudreau said.

Hiller expects to get the start on Sunday and is 5-3-2 with a 2.30 goals
against average in 12 career outings against Columbus. Bobrovsky has a 2-3-0
record and a 2.78 GAA in five lifetime games versus the Ducks.